T 1854/23 of 02.12.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T185423.20251202
- Date of decision
- 2 December 2025
- Case number
- T 1854/23
- Online on
- 5 December 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10835174.3
- IPC class
- A61F 2/24A61M 25/01A61M 25/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- PROSTHETIC VALVE FOR REPLACING MITRAL VALVE
- Applicant name
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Opponent name
- Neovasc Tiara Inc.
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)
- Keywords
- Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020
Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes)
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent with the claims of auxiliary request 3 filed with the statement of grounds of appeal, and a description to be adapted thereto.